Evidence of documents, etc

(1) A copy of any entry in a book of a registered credit union regularly kept in the course of business shall, if certified in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules, be received in evidence in any legal proceedings, civil or criminal, as prima 76 Credit Unions Act facie evidence of the existence of such entry and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent as, the original entry itself is admissible. (2) No officer of any such credit union shall, in any legal proceedings to which the credit union is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the books of the credit union, the contents of which can be proved under sub-section (1) or to appear as a witness to prove any matters, transactions or accounts therein recorded, unless a court for special reasons so directs. (3) Every copy of rules or other instruments or documents, and every extract of an instrument or document, bearing the seal or signature of the Registrar, shall be received in evidence without further proof; and every document purporting to be signed by the Registrar under this Act shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be received in evidence without further proof of the signature.